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  On 
  Mammals 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Tobago. 
  

  

  bunches 
  of 
  bananas 
  or 
  in 
  other 
  similar 
  hiding-places, 
  of 
  all 
  

   tiie 
  mammals 
  of 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  In 
  tlie 
  West 
  Indies 
  the 
  murine 
  opossum 
  (Alarmosa) 
  occurs 
  

   on 
  tlie 
  islands 
  of 
  Oarriacou 
  and 
  Isle 
  Ronde 
  in 
  the 
  Grenadines, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  Grenada, 
  Tobago, 
  and 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  Dasypiis 
  novemcinctus 
  kopliteSj 
  G. 
  M. 
  Allen. 
  

  

  Local 
  name. 
  — 
  Tattoo 
  (Tafu). 
  

  

  Material, 
  — 
  One 
  imperfect 
  skin, 
  without 
  fore 
  limbs 
  or 
  skull, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  broken. 
  

   The 
  measurements 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  rum. 
  

  

  Frontal 
  shield 
  64 
  

  

  Scapular 
  shield 
  69 
  

  

  Thoracic 
  rings 
  (9) 
  68 
  

  

  Pelvic 
  shield 
  95 
  

  

  Tail 
  240 
  

  

  Tail 
  to 
  the 
  distal 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  twelfth 
  bony 
  ring 
  . 
  165 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  specimen 
  evidently 
  represents 
  a 
  dwarf 
  

   form 
  of 
  Dasypus 
  noveyncinctus, 
  very 
  nearly 
  related 
  to, 
  if 
  not, 
  

   the 
  Dasypus 
  novemcinctus 
  lioplites 
  of 
  Grenada. 
  

  

  Armadillos 
  were 
  first 
  reported 
  from 
  Tobao-o 
  in 
  1658 
  by 
  

   C. 
  de 
  Rochefort, 
  who 
  remarked 
  upon 
  the 
  small 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   local 
  form 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  definite 
  record 
  of 
  tlie 
  species 
  inhabiting- 
  

   the 
  island 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  published. 
  

  

  On 
  Grenada 
  armadillos 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  since 
  

   1667, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  common 
  there 
  by 
  P^re 
  

   du 
  Terlre, 
  who 
  also 
  mentioned 
  that 
  all 
  attempts 
  to 
  introduce 
  

   them 
  into 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  (then) 
  French 
  islands 
  had 
  met 
  with 
  

   failure. 
  During 
  a 
  visit 
  of 
  some 
  weeks 
  to 
  Grenada 
  in 
  1904 
  I 
  

   found 
  that 
  armadillos 
  were 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  uncommon 
  there, 
  though 
  

   I 
  did 
  not 
  succeed 
  in 
  securing 
  any 
  specimens. 
  For 
  some 
  

   years 
  the 
  local 
  form 
  had 
  been 
  regularly 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Grenada 
  Handbook 
  ' 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Dasypus 
  novem- 
  

   cinctus. 
  In 
  a 
  paper 
  published 
  in 
  1905 
  (' 
  The 
  Auk,' 
  vol. 
  xxii., 
  

   July 
  1905, 
  pp. 
  270, 
  271) 
  I 
  wrote, 
  " 
  To-day 
  Grenada 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  island 
  (except, 
  of 
  course, 
  Tobago 
  and 
  Trinidad) 
  where 
  

   the 
  Armadillo 
  is 
  found," 
  and 
  remarked 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  still 
  called 
  

   there 
  by 
  tiie 
  same 
  name, 
  Tatu, 
  under 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  referred 
  

   to 
  by 
  du 
  Tertre 
  and 
  Labat. 
  In 
  1910 
  Dr. 
  G 
  M. 
  Allen 
  visited 
  

   the 
  island 
  and 
  secured 
  three 
  specimens, 
  upon 
  which 
  he 
  based, 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  the 
  name 
  Dasypus 
  novemcinctus 
  hoplites. 
  

  

  The 
  typical 
  form, 
  Dasypus 
  novemcinctus 
  novemcinctus, 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  